CVE-2017-16944

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16944
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16944.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16944
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-11-25T17:29:00.307Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:05:30.123778Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The receivemsg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and stack exhaustion) via vectors involving BDAT commands and an improper check for a '.' character signifying the end of the content, related to the bdatgetc function.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/exim/exim

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/exim/exim
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
57091745e6d5ce4259c645b3ac63838668d55b7f
Last affected
38903fb5b864ee99904d035337c66891604d9678
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.88"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.89"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:4.89:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
DEVEL_PDKIM_START
exim-4_50
exim-4_51
exim-4_52
exim-4_53
exim-4_54
exim-4_61
exim-4_62
exim-4_63
exim-4_64
exim-4_65
exim-4_66
exim-4_67
exim-4_68
exim-4_69
exim-4_70
exim-4_70_RC3
exim-4_70_RC4
exim-4_71
exim-4_72
exim-4_72_RC1
exim-4_72_RC2
exim-4_73
exim-4_73_RC00
exim-4_73_RC1
exim-4_74
exim-4_74_RC1
exim-4_75
exim-4_75_RC1
exim-4_75_RC2
exim-4_75_RC3
exim-4_76
exim-4_76_RC1
exim-4_76_RC2
exim-4_77
exim-4_77_RC1
exim-4_77_RC2
exim-4_77_RC3
exim-4_77_RC4
exim-4_80
exim-4_80_RC1
exim-4_80_RC2
exim-4_80_RC3
exim-4_80_RC4
exim-4_80_RC5
exim-4_80_RC6
exim-4_80_RC7
exim-4_82
exim-4_82_RC1
exim-4_82_RC2
exim-4_82_RC3
exim-4_82_RC4
exim-4_82_RC5
exim-4_83
exim-4_83_RC1
exim-4_83_RC2
exim-4_83_RC3
exim-4_84
exim-4_84_RC1
exim-4_84_RC2
exim-4_85
exim-4_85_RC1
exim-4_85_RC2
exim-4_85_RC3
exim-4_85_RC4
exim-4_86
exim-4_86_RC1
exim-4_86_RC2
exim-4_86_RC3
exim-4_86_RC4
exim-4_86_RC5
exim-4_87
exim-4_87_RC1
exim-4_87_RC2
exim-4_87_RC3
exim-4_87_RC4
exim-4_87_RC5
exim-4_87_RC6
exim-4_87_RC7
exim-4_88
exim-4_88_RC1
exim-4_88_RC2
exim-4_88_RC3
exim-4_88_RC4
exim-4_88_RC5
exim-4_88_RC6
exim-4_89
exim-4_89_RC1
exim-4_89_RC3
exim-4_89_RC4
exim-4_89_RC5
exim-4_89_RC6
exim-4_89_RC7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16944.json"